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MINIMUM BS • NOVEMBER 2004 The Secret to Better RAID It’s called Matrix RAID. Step-by- step instructions on page 65! The Sims 2: ...

Release Notes Contents 1 1. T he Murphy’s Law of magazine publishing is this: Once a year, you will put an issue to bed and then ...

EDITORIAL George Jones EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Katherine Stevenson MANAGING EDITOR Gordon Mah Ung SENIOR EDITOR Will Smith TECHNICAL EDI ...

You write, In/Out we respond WHEN WILL YOU JUMP TO WINDOWS LONGHORN? At the end of our October cover story (“Everything we know ...

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IN THE HOLY-SMOKES-HOW-CAN- IT-BE-WINTER-ALREADY? DECEMBER ISSUE OF COMING NEXT MONTH MA XIMUMPC LETTERS POLICY: MAXIMUM PC invi ...

14 MA XIMUMPC NOVEMBER 2004 Deciphering Digital Rights Management Like it or not, DRM impacts all of our lives. Maximum PC inves ...

2004 MA XIM 13 UMPC J ust when you thought your Wi-Fi notebook com- puter or wireless home network was cutting-edge technology, ...

Quick Start FUN-SIZE NEWS THE ENTERPRISE HAS LANDED It may not convince skeptics, but this evidence sat- isfies our belief that ...

Quick Start Tom McDonald has been covering games for countless magazines and newspapers for 11 years. He lives in the New Jersey ...

TechnoFile (^) Quick takes on technology trends Sony Clie PEG-VZ Quick Start S ay sayonara to the stodgy personal digital assist ...

THIS MONTH: Free E-Mail Clients! Head 2 Head A showdown among natural PC competitors E veryday across America, unemployed riff-r ...

Despite the speed and convenience of Nextel’s i85s, we prefer the Ericsson R380, with just one reservation—the Ericsson’s steep ...

THIS MONTH: The WatchDog goes after... Will the Real Review Please Stand Up? A potential PC consumer would understandably be imp ...

xVx >321 Studios >IBM >Belkin only. Still, there are other issues surrounding 321 Studios’ products. The company’s pr ...

30 MA XIMUMPC NOVEMBER 2004 Build Your PC The Right Way ...

NOVEMBER 2004 MA XIMUMPC 31 Build Your PC The Right Way Got a Phillips head screwdriver? Good. It’s all you need to build a cust ...

Build It! 32 MA XIMUMPC NOVEMBER 2004 Build It Checklist: The Short, Short Version Use this step-by-step list anytime you build ...

Build Your PC! You’ve got your parts, you’ve got your screwdriver. Now it’s time to grab a tasty beverage, situate yourself in a ...

34 Build It! MA XIMUMPC NOVEMBER 2004 Maximum PC Approved: 3 Computers for Any Budget The first step in building your own PC is ...